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2. Rondeletia ligustroides Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 26. 1879. 
Shrub, 2—2.5 meters high, the branches slender, terete, brownish or grayish, glabrous; 
stipules broadly triangular, about 1 mm. long, obtuse or acute, erect, strigose-ciliate; leaves 
opposite, the petioles stout, 4-10 mm. long, glabrous, the blades broadly ovate to ovate- 
lanceolate, 4-8 cm. long, 1—3.2 cm. wide, rounded to short-acuminate at the base, abruptly 
acuminate or attenuate at the apex, chartaceous, dark-green, glabrous above, glabrous beneath 
or with tufts of short hairs in the axils of the veins, the costa slender, prominent, the lateral 
veins very slender, 5—8 on each side, straight or subarcuate, divergent at an angle of about 60°; 
inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymose-corymbose, the peduncles slender, 1-3 cm. long, 
the cymes few- or many-flowered, pedunculate, the flowers short-pedicellate; bracts minute, 
linear or lanceolate, ciliate; hypanthium glabrous or sparsely strigillose; calyx 5-dentate, the 
teeth subequal, triangular, acute, much shorter than the hypanthium, erect; corolla yellowish- 
red, glabrous outside, the tube stout, 5-6 mm. long, densely yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 
lobes rounded, 1-1.5 mm. long, puberulent within, spreading; anthers and style included; © 
capsule globose, 2-3 mm. in diameter, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds numerous, minute, com- 
pressed or angulate, brown, punctulate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Orizaba, Veracruz. - 
DISTRIBUTION: Vicinity of the type locality. 
3. Rondeletia stenosiphon Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 26. 1879. 
Shrub, the branches stout, acutely angulate, brownish-gray, strigillose when young; 
stipules lance-triangular, 5-12 mm. long, attenuate, thick, erect, strigillose or glabrate; leaves 
opposite, the petioles stout, 4-13 mm. long, strigillose, the blades obovate, oval-oblong, or 
elliptic-oval, 7-14 cm. long, 3.5—7.5 cm. wide, subobtuse to acuminate at the base, usually 
abruptly short-acuminate at the apex, coriaceous, dark-green and lustrous above, glabrous, 
beneath paler, finely strigillose or glabrate, the costa prominent, the lateral veins slender, 
6-8 on each side, straight or subarcuate, ascending at an angle of 45° or more; inflorescence 
terminal and axillary, cymose-corymbose, 8-14 cm. long, the peduncles stout, 4-6.5 cm. long, 
the cymes numerous, densely many-flowered, pedunculate, the flowers sessile or short-pedi- 
cellate; bracts and bractlets usually minute, triangular; hypanthium densely fulvous-sericeous; 
calyx-lobes 5, minute, ovate-triangular, acute, erect; corolla densely sericeous-strigillose out- 
side, the tube slender, 8-11 mm. long, densely yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes oval, 
2.5-4 mm. long, spreading, puberulent within; style included or exserted. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Yucatan or Tabasco. 
DISTRIBUTION: Guatemala and Yucatan or Tabasco. 
ILLUSTRATION: E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 44: f. 9, J. K. 
4. Rondeletia strigosa (Benth.) Hemsl. Diag. Pl. Nov. 27. 1879. 
Bouvardia strigosa Benth. Pl. Hartw. 75. 1841. 
Shrub, 6-10 dm. high, the branches stout, terete, brown, hirtellous or puberulent when 
young; stipules very short, subtruncate, strigose; leaves mostly ternate, sessile or nearly so, 
the blades ovate to ovate-oval, 1.5—-5 cm. long, rounded or subtruncate at the base, acute to 
acuminate at the apex, thin, strigillose, dark-green above, paler beneath, the costa slender, 
prominent, the lateral veins few, most of them rising from near the base at an acute angle; 
inflorescence terminal, capitate, the flowers few or rarely solitary, short-pedicellate; bractlets 
minute; hypanthium densely strigose; calyx-lobes 5, linear or lance-linear, 6-10 mm. long, 
acute, ascending; corolla sparsely strigose outside, the tube slender, 2—-2.5 cm. long, densely 
yellow-pilose in the throat, the 5 lobes obovate-orbicular, 5-10 mm. long, glabrous within, 
spreading; anthers and style included; capsule globose, about 6 mm. long, dark-brown, strigose. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Zunil, Guatemala. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Guatemala and El Salvador. 
5. Rondeletia Ehrenbergii K. Schumann, sp. nov. 
Shrub, the branches stout, terete, grayish-brown, densely fulvous-puberulent or strigillose 
when young, the internodes short or elongate; stipules narrowly triangular, 5-8 mm. long, 
